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With one round and one stoppage victory under her belt at flyweight, Jessica Andrade is now prepared to face the biggest challenge there is at flyweight: Valentina Shevchenko. At UFC on ESPN+ 38, Jessica Andrade defeated Katlyn Chookagian in the first …
With one round and one stoppage victory under her belt at flyweight, Jessica Andrade is now prepared to face the biggest challenge there is at flyweight: Valentina Shevchenko. At UFC on ESPN+ 38, Jessica Andrade defeated Katlyn Chookagian in the first round after some vicious body shots late in the first round. This was a […]
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Former UFC 115lb champion Jessica Andrade is confident in her chances of dethroning flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko. Andrade had an impressive 125lb debut at UFC Fight Island on Saturday night. The Brazilian needed less than one round to take out the number one ranked contender Katlyn Chookagain. Andrade bossed the fight from start to finish. […]
Former UFC 115lb champion Jessica Andrade is confident in her chances of dethroning flyweight queen Valentina Shevchenko.
Andrade had an impressive 125lb debut at UFC Fight Island on Saturday night. The Brazilian needed less than one round to take out the number one ranked contender Katlyn Chookagain. Andrade bossed the fight from start to finish. As the opening stanza came to a close she landed a body shot that caused a scream of pain from Chookagain. Andrade followed up with another body shot to drop her opponent and some ground strikes to force the referee to step in.
Speaking at the UFC Fight Island 6 post-fight press conference Andrade reflected on her emphatic flyweight debut win, she said.
“I feel really good. It’s one more accomplishment – one win in another division. I have to thank my master, my team, my wife – and let’s go to the next.”
Andrade went on to talk about her credentials as a flyweight contender and a potential opponent for the champion Shevchenko who has seemed several levels above everyone at 125lbs.
“I think I can make a difference in this division,” Andrade said. “I think I can put up a fight against Valentina. It’s something that should have happened already in other organizations, so I think I’m going to make a difference and put on shows in this division.”
Andrade is not dead set on remaining at flyweight and is willing to accept short notice title shots in pretty much any division.
“For sure,” Andrade said. “I’m going to stay ready. If that happens, I’ll be there if needed. In any other division – 135, 145 – I’ll be ready. I haven’t felt this happy and haven’t had this vigor to fight. I just feel very good tonight.” (Transcribed by MMA Junkie)
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Jessica Andrade wanted a clear path to a flyweight title shot when she decided to move up to the flyweight division, and she will receive just that at UFC on ESPN+38. Being a former strawweight champion and a proven veteran of the promotion, Jessica An…
Jessica Andrade wanted a clear path to a flyweight title shot when she decided to move up to the flyweight division, and she will receive just that at UFC on ESPN+38. Being a former strawweight champion and a proven veteran of the promotion, Jessica Andrade anticipated a tough opponent who is high up in the […]
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Valentina Shevchenko expects Rose Namajunas to reclaim her strawweight belt when she fights Weili Zhang. Namajunas returned to the win column with a split decision win over Jessica Andrade at UFC 251. Following the fight, it was expected “Thug…
Valentina Shevchenko expects Rose Namajunas to reclaim her strawweight belt when she fights Weili Zhang. Namajunas returned to the win column with a split decision win over Jessica Andrade at UFC 251. Following the fight, it was expected “Thug” would get a title shot against Weili Zhang. If that turns out to be the case, […]
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The official UFC rankings are a farce. That sounds harsh, but it’s the truth. The entire system seems to be predicated on the whim and fancies of the voting panelists, many of whom don’t even appear to closely follow mixed martial arts…
The official UFC rankings are a farce. That sounds harsh, but it’s the truth. The entire system seems to be predicated on the whim and fancies of the voting panelists, many of whom don’t even appear to closely follow mixed martial arts…
Valentina Shevchenko believes no one can blame Joanne Calderwood for passing up her title shot to take on Jennifer Maia on short notice. In August, Maia was set to battle, Viviane Araujo. Yet, Araujo tested positive for COVID-19 and put of nowhere, Calderwood decided to take the fight on short notice despite having the next […]
Valentina Shevchenko believes no one can blame Joanne Calderwood for passing up her title shot to take on Jennifer Maia on short notice.
In August, Maia was set to battle, Viviane Araujo. Yet, Araujo tested positive for COVID-19 and put of nowhere, Calderwood decided to take the fight on short notice despite having the next title shot. For the champion in Shevchenko, she says it was something Calderwood wanted so no one can blame her for taking it.
“It’s hard to understand someone’s decision. You never know,” Shevchenko said to MMAFighting about Calderwood taking a fight rather than sitting and waiting for a title shot. “Probably she was like she needed this fight, she needed to be active. No one can judge her for this because this is what I feel for myself. I need to be active. I want to fight.
“Of course, it’s something she wanted to do so it was something she wanted to do. No one can blame her. She didn’t know, she expected that she was going to win the fight, get the money and have another fight in November.”
In the fight, Maia surprised a lot of people by pulling off the first-round submission. For Valentina Shevchenko, she believes Calderwood wasn’t there mentally in the fight.
“This is MMA. This is mixed martial arts. You never know what’s going to happen,” Shevchenko said. “Jennifer, she was preparing for the fight like it was her last fight in her whole life. You could see it in her eyes. She was hungry for the victory. Jojo, I don’t know, my opinion, she was kind of like not there probably.
“Sometimes it happens with fighters. It doesn’t matter how you are preparing, how good you had a training camp, sometimes this happens. I don’t know if it’s psychology or something else but it happens. But things changed.”
Following Maia’s win, she will now be the one to fight Valentina Shevchenko later this year. So, the champion is ready for the fight to happen at UFC 255 and look to defend her belt again.
“Now I have another opponent for my fight, Jennifer Maia, and I’m good with that,” Shevchenko said. “For me, it doesn’t really matter who is going to be in front of me. I’m going to be prepared the best way I can. But what I want, my opponent is going to be a good one, the best one and they fight with the best version of themselves.”
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